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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9152, 22 May 1908, Page 4

On page 2 will be found reports of Martou Borough Council, Hockey, Quoits and Markets; page 6 Poetry and General News; page 7 Waifcuna and Kimbolton News and report of National Dairy Association. The Hon. Mr McNab, Minister of Lands, has accepted the invitation to be present at the Conference of the Wellington Provincial branches of the Farmers’ Union, to be held at Feildiug, on the 26th inst. Mr John Stevens, M.P., has also accepted the invitation to bo present at the dinner. Pearson’s Pepco-oblor is a safe and sure cure for’ indigestion. All chemists Is, 2s 6d & 4s.

Cabinet has approved a grant of £SOO for reading Awarua block. Government have accepted a tender of £2746 for the erection of the Memorial in Wellington.

There are computed to be five thousand civil servants in Wellington, and about four times as many in the whole Dominion.

The premises of J. Schischka, merchant, in Beach Road, Auckland, were broken into last uigne and tobacco to the value of £SO stolen.

A correspondent referring to recently reported cases of triplets suggests" that the Government should arrange for placing the producers on the State farms, as examples to others.

It is stated that nearly 500,000 feet of Oregon pine was brought to Wellington by the steamer ludravelli, which arrived from Vancouver on Tuesday.

A recent meeting of the Wanganui Employers’ Association decided not to observe Empire Day as a holiday, but to close all businesses on the Prince of Wales’ birthday, which is a statutory holiday, whereas Empire Day is not. The ■ latter does not enter into the industrial awards as does the 3rd June. The election to fill the extraordinary ' vacancy in Palmerston Boorugh Council caused by the resignation of Mr J. A. Nash, previous to his contesting the Mayoral election, resulted as follows: —H. Palmer (686), A. Mulrooney (653), W. H. Payne (98), majority 33. '

At a largely attended meeting of cribbage players held at Marton last evening, it was deeded to form a Oribbage Tournament Association. During the winter months a series of tournaments will take place, and it is expected that a number of teams will compete for either a shield or a cup. It is notified that teams wishing to take part are requested to forward their entries not later than Weduesday®next. The first practice of the Marton Operatic Society was held last night in the Opera House. “There was a good attendance of members. Considering that the scores were only distributed to the Society’s members some very go’od work was done. Mr Orozier made his debut as conductor and gave ample proof that under his care the musical portion of this very tuneful opera will excel all previous efforts of this very successful Society. The next practice will be

held on Monday night at 7.30 in the room recently vacated by the Marton Club. A large attendance of mem-

bers is requested. A scared and diminutive piece of humanity entered the witness-box at New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. In answer to Mr Fitzherbert, ha said lie didn’t know the nature of au oath, never went, to church or Sunday school, and he reckoned that if he told a lie lie would he punished by his school teacher. “I think it’s a case for Bishop Neligan,” remarked a solicitor in the case. “Another pagan.” An interesting reference to bird life was made by Mr R. O. Bruce, of Raugitikei, at the Wellington Acclimatisation Society’s meeting. Last winter some birds appeared in his orchard and began to hunt indefatigahly for bligiit. Two were shot and sent to a Southern naturalist, who found that they were redpolls, the first of which had been liberated in Otago in the sixties. They are now finding their way into’the Raugitikei district. Mr Bruce said they were the best blight birds he had ever seen.

Referring to the necessity of the pasteurisation of skim milk, in a recent lecture at Pahiatua, Mr Gilruth said:—“lt was in August last that I examined a certain dairy farmer’s herd of 40 cows. There weie 21 suffering from tuberculosis. About the same time I examined GO pigs belonging to the same farmer, and found that b 9 were affected. Two or three days later I examined another 100 pigs of the same man, and 60 of them were tuberculous. None of the pigs were over nine months old. A few mouths later I again went to the farm, and found another 50 pigs had become affected.” At the meeting of the Feilding Borough Council last night, four members practically carried on stonewall tactics during an hour and a half to prevent the acceptance of a tender for cutting a drain in North street, at a cost of £1095, The purpose of the drain is to divert flood water from flowing on to that portion of the borough south of North road. About five years ago a loan of £6OOO was raised for surface drainage and street improvements in Kimbolton road. About two thirds of the loan was expended when the poll was taken for the last loan, and the schedule of works then submitted to the ratepayers, provided also for the expenditure of that balance along with the new loan, but this particular work was not included, though the advisability of constructing such a drain had been discussed and approved.

Some excitement was caused at Marton this morning by a runaway horse attached to a gig with a lady occupant. Her first experience was at the corner of a street in Welling, ton road where the gig upset, though nothing serious happened. The lady was determined to drive the horse and re-entered the trap, but she soon lost control and the animal shot round the Club Hotel corner at a gallop aud when the White Hart Hotel corner was reached he was going at a great rate and a serious accident was feared. The gig capsized aud crashed against a building and the lady was thrown heavily. The cushion came out first and fortunately protected her from striking the wall. She escaped with a badly bruised eye. The gig was damaged, but the horse was unhurt. The lady walked home. SAFE AND SURE FOR BRONCHITIS PATIENTS.

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A largely attended meeting at Hastings, formed a Hawkes Bay Coursing Club,-, with a strong membership.

Hawke’s Bay Amateur Boxing As-sO'-iar.iou holds a championship meeting on June 15th. when Tim Tracey m>ets I\'at Williams in the 'light weights. and Jim .Lucas meets Walter Tell in middleweights.

Tom Mann was advertised to lecture last night at Hastings, on “Socialism what is it?’’ but drew such a small house that he refused to speak, saying the experience was unique in his twenty years lecturing. He had travelled thirty-six hours to keep his engagement.

Three men broke into the Masonic Hall, Dannevirke, on Monday night and stole a quantity of liquor and on Tuesday night they repeated the offence. The suspicion of the police were aroused, and three men were arrested .at a deserted hut, four miles out of town A portion of the liquor was found in their possession, and other articles, supposed to have been stolen, were found in the hut. They will be brought before the Court to-day.

In the Auckland hairdressers’ dispute the Arbitrtaion Court has granted the men’s demands for a 53 hours’ week, and fixed wages for competent journeymen at £2 8s per week, the same as the Wellington agreement. The men have beeu receiving £2 os for a week of 57 hours. In the farriers’ dispute the men’s demands for 10s per day for farriers and general smiths and 8s 4d for floor men have been conceded. The employers offered 9s 4d and 8s respectively.

At a meeting of Dunedin Hospital trustees Messrs Solomon, K.O. (chairman), MacKenzie. M.P., London, and Dr. Batchelor were appointed to attend the conferences in Wellington on June 9th on the new Hospitals - and Charitable Institutions Bill. The Chairman the opinion that nothing satisfactory could result from a conference on the Bill, with which nobody agreed, but the conference might be the means of inducing the Government to bring down a more satisfactory measure.

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